Face any charges. Kcrgtv9s Forrest Saunders was at the fundraiser inside the African American museum of iowa in cedar rapids. Forrest, family and friends are still waiting for answers regarding the shooting . And a great deal remain. Police have declined to release much more than what we just told you. Including dash cam video from that night saying, Early Release could compromise the investigation. A lot of Unanswered Questions but also a lot of nat cheers erupted as Jerime Mitchell showed his face from a hospital bed via skype on wednesday night. He thanked the crowd of perhaps more than 300 for coming. So large, it pushed the capacity limits for the event space. Its amazing. I think the turn out speaks a lot to my brothers character. If you look around that room, its all walks of life. Hopes of getting lower extremities moving again. Family said the medical bills are pilling up. Money raised at the benefit aimed to help pay them down. Organizers were collecting donations and holding
Investigators say the suspect was armed with a rifle and threatened the children in the home. Police have not identified the officer or the suspect. In south carolina, the jury has the case of a white Police Officer accused of shooting and killing a black man. Officer Michael Slager shot and killed walter scott after he ran from a traffic stop in april of 2015. During closing arguments yesterday, slagers defense team told the jury a guilty verdict would send the wrong message to law enforcement. Scotts familys Attorney Says thats not the Everybody Knows that 90 of the officers out there are brave and doing their job, bravely in the Community Every day. But until we get guilty verdicts when we all know it is murder, the community is upset if they dont get justice. Slager says he shot scott because he feared for his life. An Early Morning chase in Black Hawk County reached speeds of 100 miles per it started around 2 45 this morning in the area of dunkerton road and raymond road east of w
Yellow on traffic map some breaking news crews are on the scene of a house fire near 36th and burnham in milwaukee. No word yet on what sparked the fire or if anyone was hurt. We have a crew on the way to the scene and will have a live report at 730. This Morning Police says a man is in very Critical Condition after an overnight shooting. Investigators say it happened just before ten last night near 37th and townsend. Officials say its unclear what led up to the shooting. Police are searching for suspects. And several lanes in the mitchell interchange are back open after an overnight crash involving a semi. Officials are not saying much about the incident at this time. But it appears a car went under a eastbound around midnight. Two lanes were closed on the system ramp to 94 eastbound. Well bring you any updates as soon as they come into our newsroom. It could soon cost more to operate a vehicle in milwaukee county. County executive chris abele announcing a plan that could cost drivers
And continue the process of recovering. Employees remembered jon richter,r,he man who was killed the in the workplace shooting. They placed a memorial plaque in his honor at the entrance where the shooting took place. You could walk up and down the street, and i know people say this a lot when theres a tragedy, but i really mean this when i say this about jon; you could walk up and down t t street and you will not find a aerson in this commununy ththll have a bad thingngo say ababt that guy the ceo of sioux steel says the company is continuing to pay for counseling for employees. A bill up for debate at the state legislature, in pierre, is targeting people who are transgender. The bill proposes separate bathroom, and locker rooms, transgender students at south dakotatachools. Ivs tiffany lane hahareaction from lawmakers, anstudents. Anatomically different, i think is going to be a horrible affect on kids as far as bullying. Under the bill, schools must provide reasonable accommodations
Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. We just gave away our lead guest. Right there, donald trump, live in our studio. A man of his word. Yesterday, he said, if i win, ill join you in your studio. Guess what . Here he is. The big winner, wasnt even close on the republican side or democratic side. Huge shifts on the left and the right. Lets get to where thing stand this morning. Fueled by recordsetting voting turnout, Bernie Sanders won over Hillary Clinton more than 20 points. Hillary clinton conceded moments after the poll closed. Things arenen closer on the repupuican side, at least at the top. Closest competitor, the surprise of the night, john kasich. Cruz finished third after a win in iowa. Followed closely be jeb bush and marco rubio with Chris Christie in a disappointing sixth. Well talk to trump and kasich in a moment. Firsrs lets start with e